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The California Legislature is poised to pass a plan that would place a tax on healthcare plans, according to San Jose-Mercury News.

Indiana has experienced an increase in patients seeking care, according to News-Sentinel.com.

Last week, a Miami physician, Henry Lora, MD, plead guilty for his part in a Medicare fraud scheme that yielded more than $20 million in losses, according to eNews Park Forest.

Based on a recent survey, 76 percent of adults in India purchased health insurance to receive tax breaks, according to The Economic Times.

The Texas Medical Association issued a Zika alert to physicians to watch for patients infected with the virus, according to KHOU.

On Feb. 11, the Iowa Senate voted to repeal Republican Gov. Terry Branstad's Medicaid plan, according to The Des Moines Register.

Twenty corporations collaborated to form the Health Transformation Alliance, according to Galen Institute.

In 2015, 70 percent of health insurance companies lost money on individual health plans, according to McKinsey and Company, a global management consulting firm, according to The New American.

Former Kentucky Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican Gov. Matt Bevin are turning up the heat in a healthcare system debate, according to abc News.

Kentucky's Insurance Commissioner Brian Maynard said he plans to approve Aetna's $37 million acquisition of Humana without first holding a planned public hearing, according to courier-journal.